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After much care, we have succeeded in securing a stock of this Potato, which we shall offer at 

 the following prices : — 



Four Pounds, by mail, postpaid, $i.oo. One peck (expresii to be paid by purchaser), S3.00; One 

 Bushel, $ia.oo; One Barrel, ;^2o 00. 



Upon receipt of $5.00, we will mail, postpaid, to any address in the United States or British 

 Provinces, One Pound Each of the Climax, Bresee's Prolific, Wokcester, and the Early 

 Rose. Orders will be booked in the order in which they are received, and the potatoes forwarded 

 on and after April i, when they will be free from danger of frost. They can be forwarded earlier 

 if desired, at the risk of the purchaser. No orders will be accepted unless accompanied with the 

 cash. 



The prices of above Potatoes variable according to the market. 



Squaslx. Per pkt. 



Lungren. The plants of this new variety attain a length of twelve or fifteen feet, and are 

 remarkably healthy and vigorous. The leaves are singularly variegated with 

 yellow, the depths of color varying in different plants from pale yellow to 

 bright orange, and differing also in the amount of variegations as the season pro- 

 gresses. The color is most profuse at the base of the leaf, and is distributed 

 thence in serrated stripes, towards, but not reaching, the borders. 



The fruit is bottle-formed, much resembling the " Puritan ; " entirely white, 

 about one foot in length, eight inches in its greatest diameter, and weighs from 

 eight to ten poimds. The stem is thick, short, and fleshy. The flesh 'is pale 

 yellowish-white, thick, fine-grained, dry and sweet, and peculiarly free from the 

 strong flavor common to many varieties. It cooks well, early or late in the sea- 

 son, and even before it has attained its full size, and is also a good keeper. 



Among the numerous kinds now cultivated, there are few superior to it for 

 pies, and there are certainly few more mild and delicate. 



In a trial-growth last season, the plants suffered little, if any, from bugs, and 

 they entirely escaped the attacks of the borer 50 



Stra,-wt>eri'le9. 



Alpine, FOR Table-Decoration. Berry-bearing plants have been very much sought after 

 of late years for table-decoration ; and, in our anxiety to procure novelties, we 

 may perhaps sometimes have overlooked really useful materials already in our 



Eossession. I think this may be truly said with regard to the Alpine Straw- 

 erry ; for what can be more interesting and pretty for the table, during Decem- 

 ber and the two following months, than a few pots of these, nicely fruited, 

 placed in vases or otherwise, according to the taste of the decorator? For this 

 purpose, I select in May or June nice little plants of last year's runners, and 

 plant them in seventy-twos. I then plunge them in an open border, exposed to 

 the sun, but never allow them to suffer for want of water. They have an occa- 

 sional watering with liquid-manure. The flowers are cut off as they appear, 

 until it is thought necessary to allow them to fruit. They are transferred to the 

 fruiting-pots (forty-eights) in August, and placed with the general stock for for- 

 cing. The Alpine forces better than any other strawberry we have, requiring but 

 little heat to bring it into fruit. An early vinery just started is a capital place 

 for it. — H^. Robbins, in Florist and Pomologist. 



Red 25 



— — White 25 



Tomato. 



The Unrivalled Prize, "General Grant." We take great pleasure in announcing to the 

 public that we have secured the entire stock of this justly celebrated Tomato. 

 It originated in the garden of an amateur, who, after growing it for a number 

 of years in connection with all the leading sorts, became convinced that it was 

 far superior to any other, and that it should be widely disseminated ; and for 

 this purpose it was put into our hands. In consideration of the many disap- 

 pointments experienced in the introduction of new varieties, we have given it a 

 thorough trial of two years ; and it has far exceeded our expectations, ever at- 

 tracting great attention wherever exhibited, taking the first prize above all oth- 

 ers at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Exhibitions the past two years. 

 We feel the fullest confidence that too much cannot be said in its praise. We 

 believe it the nearest approach to perfection of any thing of the kind yet offered, 

 combining more superior qualities. 



Size above the medium, three to four inches in diameter, growing in clusters ; 

 form round, slightly flattened, very regular, symmetrical, and rarely ribbed or 

 virinkled ; color brilliant glossy crimson ; flesh unusually firm, solid, and free 

 from water, weighing from ten to twenty pounds more per bushel than other 

 varieties ; skin remarkably fine, smooth, and shining, coloring well up to the 

 stem, — a quality very desirable to those preparing them for the table ; very pro- 

 ductive, and of the finest flavor : bears carriage well, and keeps in good condi- 

 tion a long time after being gathered, retaining its goodness, and free from wilt- 

 ing. It will be found to ripen uniformly, and as early as, if not earlier than, 

 other varieties. Our whole stock of seed has been grown for us by Mr. C. N. 

 Brackett, Chairman of the Vegetable Committee of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, and saved only from the most perfect fhrit ; and we are war- 

 ranted in saying that k cannot fail to give satisfaction in every instance. 



